Justo antes del final
Ciudad de México: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, 2022. First Edition. Paperback. 423p., wrps. New. Item #79876
ISBN: 9786073816892
A powerful novel about family memory and the construction of memories around the figure of the mother.
In "Justo Antes del Final" the life of the protagonist, a life marked by invisibility, illness, madness and violence, but also by resilience, will, affection and care for oneself and others, comes into tension with some of the great events in public life: the arrival of the contraceptive pill, the invention of the instant camera, the development of treatments for mental illness, the space race and the race for the perfect hearing aid, the discovery of antimatter, diagnosis of the Asperger spectrum, research to extend life, the Kyoto protocol#.
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